Q&A with Urban Planner Lisa Nisenson
By Erica Sánchez Vázquez / On October 19th, 2019
Urban planner Lisa Nisenson answers questions from the final webinar of our Saving Our Suburbs series with the authors of Suburban Remix.
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Carbon, Climate Policy, and the New Alchemy
By Lee Epstein / On September 16th, 2019
A look at the excess carbon problem and the high-tech and low-tech solutions that are using chemistry to turn greenhouse gas waste into useful products.
Webinar: Saving Our Suburbs Part 3
The formula that drove suburban growth for 60 years has run out of gas. Now what? Our expert panel discusses “future-proofing” to help suburbs surf the wave of new tech, not drown in it.
New Perspectives on Climate Change — CNU Climate Summit
Island Press author Peter Calthorpe speaking at the CNU Climate Summit on the ways urban planners and designers can understand the real consequences of climate change across different interest groups.
For more information on Urban Footprint, visit https://urbanfootprint.io/.
From Intern to Manager: Caroline Sperry's Story
By Caroline Sperry / On February 7th, 2017
Caroline Sperry first met Island Press in 2009. Eight years later, she shares the story of how she went from Production Intern to IT & Web Manager.
Forget Pokemon Go, Use Your Phone to Fight Climate Change!
By Laurie Mazur / On August 2nd, 2016
A group called ISeeChange recently introduced a new mobile app that allows users to document the impacts of urban heat and drought. The ISeeChange Tracker app, created in collaboration with NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Mission, is creating a photographic database of real-world climate impacts.
Interview with Jason Mark: Searching for True Wilderness in an Age of Google Earth & GPS
By Katharine Sucher / On February 10th, 2016
Have humans really tamed every inch of the world? On our overheated and overcrowded planet, are wild places now extinct? In Satellites in the High Country, environmental journalist Jason Mark travels to wilderness areas across the US, proving that the mystery of the wild still exists today.
What Will a 21st Century Transportation System Look Like?
By Katharine Sucher / On January 19th, 2016
Last week, President Obama had this to say about the future of transportation at his final State of the Union Address: “Rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future — especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels. That’s why I’m going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.
Watershed Protection? There’s an App for That
By Robert I. McDonald / On January 5th, 2016
Honestly, I never thought developing a web app would lead me to the banks of the Dead Sea.
Driverless Cars Might Lead to Cooler Cities
By Robert Brown / On March 12th, 2015
An early model of Google's self-driving car. Photo by Travis Wise, used under Creative Commons licensing.
